IBPS SO Syllabus: IT Officer Scale-I 2017

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This year IBPS has completely tossed the exam pattern for Specialist Officer Recruitment. With the introduction of
two phases of online examination now candidates have to put forth more efforts for this recruitment as well. Before
you start preparing and practising for this recruitment it is very important that you understand the changes in exam
pattern and the syllabus. Keep on reading for details about the syllabus of IBPS SO IT Officer's Professional
Knowledge Test.

This year there are a total of 120 posts available for the post of IT Officer Scale-I. Although IBPS does not mention
any fixed syllabus for any of the section in its recruitment exam, through this article students can get an idea of the
chapters and topics that they must prepare to clear Mains exam of IBPS SO IT Officer Recruitment. The professional
knowledge test for IT Officer Scale-I in the Mains or Phase-II Exam will be an objective test conducted online.

Following are the topics under IBPS SO IT Officer Scale-I Professional Knowledge Syllabus:

1. Operating System
Simple Batch Systems, Multiprogram batched systems, Time Sharing Systems, Process Concepts and PCB, Process
Scheduling, Schedulers and Context Switching, Interprocess Communication, CPU Scheduling, Scheduling Criteria,
Scheduling Algorithms- FCFS, SJFS, Priority Scheduling, Round-Robin Scheduling, Multilevel Queue Scheduling,
Multilevel Feedback Queue Scheduling, Multiple Processor Scheduling, Real-Time Scheduling, The Critical Section
Problem, Semaphores, The Dining Philosophers Problems, Critical Regions, Deadlock- Prevention, Avoidance,
Detection, Recovery, Bankers Algorithm, Memory Management, Logical Vs Physical Address Space, Segmentation,
Virtual Memory, Demand Paging, Page Replacement Algorithms- FIFO, Optimal Algorithm, LRU, Second Change;
Counting Algorithm , Thrashing.

2. Data Structure
Asymptotic Notation, Stacks and Queues, Trees, Algorithms, Binary Trees, Lemma, Heaps and Heapsort, Minimum
Spanning Trees, All pair shortest path, Optimal Binary Search Trees, Tree Traversal, Graphs- Search and Traversal
techniques, Sorting- Insertion Sort, Selection Sort, Radix Sort, Merging, Complexity of Sorting and Merging
Algorithms, Hashing, Chaining, PASCAL, Looping, Break and continue statement, Functions

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3. Object-Oriented Programming
Java Basics (History of Java, data types, variables, scope and life time of variables, arrays, operators, expressions,
control statements, type conversion and casting, simple java program, concepts of classes, objects, constructors,
methods, access control, this keyword, overloading methods and constructors, parameter passing, recursion, nested
and inner classes, exploring string class), Inheritance, polymorphism, Encapsulation, Packages and Interfaces,
Exception handling, Multithreading, Event Handling, Applets

4. Database Management Systems

Database models, File Management System VS DBMS, Tuple Relational Calculus, Normal Forms, Data-Structure
Diagrams, ER Diagram, SQL Basics, Transaction Control.

5. Compiler Design/ Language Processor

Assemblers, Compiler structure, Lexical Analyser, Parsing, Buffer pairs, syntax error handling, Parse tree and
derivation, grammar, bottom-up parsing, LR Parsing, Syntax tree, Storage organisation, macro instructions, macro
processor, loader, linker, interpreters.

6. Computer Organisation
Number System, Arithmetic Addition and subtraction, Overflow Detection, Decimal Fixed Point Representation,
Floating Point Representation, Gray Code, Weighted Code, Excess-3 Code, Error Detection Codes, Parity Bit, Odd
Function, Machine Language, Addressing Modes, Program Counter, CPU, General Register Organisation, Control
Word, Microprogrammed Control, Data Dependency, Memory Organisation, Cache, Mapping,

7. Microprocessor and Computer Hardware

Microprocessor Architecture and its operations, 8085, 8080A, Bus Organisation, Registers, Accumulator, Stack
Pointer, Memory Classification, Flip Flop, R/W Memory, ROM, RAM, 8085 Control and Status Signals, Power Supply
and Clock Frequency, Logical Operations, Instruction Format, Stacks, Subroutine, Interrupts, Programmable Interrupt
Controller, Interrupt Operation, Ladder Network, D/A Converters, Multiplexer De-multiplexer, Digital Comparator,
Parity Generator/Checker, Flip Flop, Ring Counter, Ripple Counter, Up/Down Counter, Synchronous Counter.

8. Computer Network
Reference Models, OSI and TCP Models, Data Transmission, Transmission Medium, IEEE Standards and Protocols-
802.3, 802.4, 802.5, IP Address, NIC, Switching, Networking devices, Internet, Types of Networks

9. Software Engineering
SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), Software Configuration Management (SCM), Software Development
Models, Requirement Elicitation, Software Design and Maintenance, Software Testing: Testing Objectives, Unit
Testing, Integration Testing, Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, Testing for Functionality and Testing for
Performance, Top-Down and Bottom-Up Testing Strategies: Test Drivers and Test Stubs, Structural Testing (White
Box Testing), Functional Testing (Black Box Testing), Test Data Suit Preparation, Alpha and Beta Testing of
Products.Static Testing Strategies: Formal Technical Reviews (Peer Reviews), Walk Through, Code Inspection,
Compliance with Design and Coding Standards.

10. Web Technology

Web Page Designing: HTML: list, table, images, frames, forms, CSS, Document type definition, XML: DTD, XML
schemes, Object Models, presenting and using XML, Using XML Processors: DOM and SAX, Dynamic HTML.
Scripting: Java script: Introduction, documents, forms, statements, functions, objects; introduction to AJAX, VB Script,
Introduction to Java Beans, Advantage, Properties, BDK, Introduction to EJB, Java Beans API.
Server Site Programming: Introduction to active server pages (ASP), Introduction to Java Server Page (JSP), JSP
Application Design, JSP objects, Conditional Processing, Declaring variables and methods, Sharing data between
JSP pages, Sharing Session and Application Data, Database Programming using JDBC, development of java beans
in JSP, Introduction to Servelets, Lifecycle, JSDK, Servlet API, Servlet Packages, Introduction to
COM/DCOM/CORBA.
PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor): Introduction, syntax, variables, strings, operators, if-else, loop, switch, array, function,
form, mail, file upload, session, error, exception, filter, PHP-ODBC

11. Data warehousing & Data Mining

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Data Warehouse Process and Technology: Warehousing Strategy, Warehouse management and Support
Processes, Warehouse Planning and Implementation, Hardware and Operating Systems for Data Warehousing,
Client/Server Computing Model & Data Warehousing. Parallel Processors & Cluster Systems, Distributed DBMS
implementations, Warehousing Software, Warehouse Schema Design, Data Extraction, Cleanup & Transformation
Tools, Warehouse Metadata

Data Mining: Overview, Motivation, Definition & Functionalities, Data Processing, Form of Data Preprocessing, Data
Cleaning: Missing Values, Noisy Data,(Binning, Clustering, Regression, Computer and Human inspection),
Inconsistent Data, Data Integration and Transformation. Data Reduction:-Data Cube Aggregation, Dimensionality
reduction, Data Compression, Numerosity Reduction, Discretization and Concept hierarchy, generation.

Data Visualization and Overall Perspective: Aggregation, Historical information, Query Facility, OLAP function and
Tools. OLAP Servers, ROLAP, MOLAP, HOLAP, Data Mining interface, Security, Backup and Recovery, Tuning Data
Warehouse, Testing Data Warehouse. Warehousing applications and Recent Trends: Types of Warehousing
Applications, Web Mining, Spatial Mining and Temporal Mining.

12. Computer and Network Security

Basic security topics, including symmetric and public key cryptography, digital signatures, cryptographic hash
functions, authentication pitfalls, and network security protocols.

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